Man jailed for ‘wild’ attack on magistrate
Sending a man behind bars for making wild allegations against the magistrate who directed him to pay monthly maintenance to his wife and child, the Bombay high court observed that he went to the extent of involving his wife in it.
A division bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice AR Joshi on March 18, 2011 held Nashik resident Dnyandev Jadhav guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment of a month and to pay a fine of Rs2,000.
“It is a case of unfounded malicious attack on the character of a judicial officer by a party who had been directed to pay the maintenance allowance to the wife and minor child,’ ‘the judges stated.
The court suo moto initiated contempt proceedings against Jadhav after he sent a letter in Marathi to the Chief Justice and President of India in August 2009 making allegation against a Ahmednagar judicial magistrate first class (JMFC).
Jadhav’s wife had filed a complaint against him for cruelty and the magistrate in June 2006 acquitted him of the charges.
On an application for maintenance by the wife, the magistrate on April 20, 2007 directed Jadhav to pay per month Rs1,200 to her and also Rs600 to his 2-year-old son. However, two years four months after the maintenance order was passed, Jadhav wrote an open letter seeking action against the concerned magistrate alleging that he is partisan and a womaniser.
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